The Cartersville courant-American. (Cartersville, Ga.) 1888-1889, August 09, 1888, Image 4

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THE COUR A NT-AMERICAN. THURSDAY, AUGUST !, 1888. E. CHRISTIAN, D.B FREEMAN, EDITORS AM) PROPBIKTOBH. T£|MB OP HUBKCBIPTIOR —IN ADVAKCf. 1 TO (j Months 3 Months *’ RATES OF ADVERTISING. space. | lino. | 3 Rios. | 0 nios j 1 year, On* inch - , $ 2 501 S 500 $ 750 $lO 00 Two inches 330 750 lo o< i l. oo Three inches.* 5 00 12 20 00 Four inches, oon 12 •" 1•> on 25 00 Fourth column, 700 1”> on 25 00 40 00 Half column, 11 00 20 00 TO in oo uO One column, 15 o 0 liOcol notices ten cents per line for first inser tion. For a lomcer time, lower rates. T erse communications'on matters of public in terest solicited. Dunn’s last trade Review reports busi ness prospects good and crops promis ing. Governor Forter’s refusal to accept the Republican nomination for governor, leaves the g. o. p. in a rather bad fix in Indiana. On the 10th inst. the E. TANARUS., A . & Ga. Railroad will sell round trip tickets from Atlanta to St. Simon's Island at $5.00, and to Cumberland Island at $6.50. Polk county democracy last Saturday at one of the largest mass meetings ever held in the county, selected Clements delegates to the Congressional conven tion by a vote of 250 to 2. The latest plan proposed for getting rid of a part of Uncle Sands surplus, is the appointment of a commission to search for mythical Confederate property in this and other countries. Wk want to say to the thousands of Northerners who contemplate visiting the South the coming fall: You will miss seeing the most promising town, and the fiimst section of the whole South, if you give Cartersville the go-by. The Albany News is in favor of a “watermelon trust.” It would seem that the growers naturally had a corner on melons, but they haven t. The rail roads regulate the prices by their freight rates. The growers are to hold a con vention and make an effort for relief. Thanks to the committee for an invita tion to attend the ‘‘Dalton Waterworks Inauguration Entertainment,'' at the Lewis House, last Thursday evening. Sorry we couldn't go. Hope friends A\ il lingham and Wrench will makegood use of it —that is, confine themselves to acqua pura, as a standard drink. The W. & A. Railroad Company have experienced great benefit from their advance step in the way of cheap passen ger fares. The people meet them half way, and more too. We don’t suppose there has ever been as much summer travel on the road before. This road, by the liberal and public spirited course of its present managers, is doing a good work for Georgia. Sample copies of the Courant-Amp:ri_ fan, sent out to the right sections from week to week, are worth more to the city than any other form of advertising. A fund of several hundred dollars should be raised by our people for this purpose at once. The publishers do an immense amount of free work for the public good; but they should have help in carrying on the good work. Don’t you think so? The Kennesaw Gazette, published un der the auspices of the passenger depart ment of the W. & A. Railroad Company, is doing a valuable work for North Geor gia. Thousands of copies go out each mouth lull of good words for the flour ishing cities anu towns along the line. They are scattered on the trains, and carried by travelers far and near. Car tersville appreciates the valuable work the Gazette is doing for her. Dr. .J. S. Wilson, of Atlanta, was run over by an engine at the Whitehall street crossing Saturday evening, and had both feet cut off. This terrible accident springs the question of remedying the great evil known as the“ Whitehall cross ing,’’ but somehow, it seems that noth ing can be done. Both the city and the railroads should be made to pay extra heavy damages when these periodical ac cidents occur—that would tend to hurry op some measure of relief. The survivors of the 60th Georgiaßeg iment, C. S. A., are respectfully invited to attend the reunion of this regiment at LaGrange, Troup county, Ga., on the sth day of September, 1888. The sur vivors of the 4th, 13th, 21st, and 41st Georgia Regiments, C. S. A., are also invited to this reunion by the Confeder ate Veterans’ Association of Troup county, Ga. Arrangements will be made with all railroads for reduced fare. Con sult your local railroad agent. Some of the Republican papers are “‘going for” Bro. Brooks, the vice-presi dential candidate of the prohibitionists, because he was in the Confederate army —but that won’t hurt him. The prohi bition party is more of a nationnl party than either of the others, as it disregards all sectional questions, past, present or recognizes the fact that the war is over . And this is the main feature that will, in a few years, make it one of the great political parties of the coun try. The time of this party ip not just yet, but it is comparatively near at hand. the forward movement. We commend the article, on the great industrial movement now going on. in Cartel's ville to be found in another col umn. to the careful attention of every reader. Every indication shows conclu sively that all connected with the enter prise are in earnest, and that the success of the Cartersville Steel and Furnace Company promises to be almost phenom enal. From the estimates made the prospec tive value of the stock can readily be seen and while the stock is closely held, the Company is not unwilling to place a few shares among those interested in the development of our own resources, and an early application should be made to secure stock while the opportunity is pre sented. Mr. Geo. W. Ware, the Financial Agent of the Pratt Steel Company and the Cartersville Steel and Furnace Com pany. will be in the city for a few days only and can always be found at the of fice of the company recently fitted up at the St. James Hotel. DEATH OF GEN. SHERIDAN. Sunday’s dispatches brought the sad news of General Sheridan’s death, which occurred at 10:20 that night. At 7 o’clock Mrs. Sheridan and the doctors went to the hotel for supper, and soon after their return*the usual prepara tions for the night were made. At about 9:20 Colonel Sheridan said “Good night” to his brother and went to his hotel, there having been through the day no sign whatever of any unfavorable change in his condition. At 9:30 syptoms of heart failure suddenly apppeared, and Doctors O’Reilly and Matthews, who were with him at the time, immediately applied remedies which had proved sue cessful in all similar attacks, but this time they were without effect, and despite all that could be done, the general grad ually sank into a condition of complete unconsciousness and at 10:20 breathed his last. Sheridan was a great soldier, a true patriot, and a brave man He could come nearer standing his hand with the Confederate cavalry leader than any other Federal officer in service. He was a man of many warm personal friendships, and his death will carry sad ness to many a heart. THE GOOD TEMPLARS. The Grand Lodge of Good Templars, which met at Savannah last week, elected the following officers: G. IT. C. T.—Rev. M. J. Coffer, Wash ington. G. W. C. —C. H. Harris, Augusta. G. W. V. T.—Mrs. R. Riddle,Savannah. G. W. Treasurer —Rev. L. R. Gwaltney, Rome. G. W. Secretary—J. G. Thrower, At lanta. Superii i tei iden tJu vein le Tern pi a rs —J. .J. Keith, Louisville. Representatives to Rightworthy Grand Lodge—G. C. Thomas, Athens; D. C. Oliver, Athens. Alternates —M. J. Coffer. Washington; R. 0. Barksdale, Washington. The lodge adjourned to meet in Atlanta next year. THEY ARE COMING. Gen. Benj. F. Butler has his off eye on the South. In a brief interview, the oth er day, lie was asked what he thought of the future of New England industries, when he replied: “There are more looms west of the Alleglianies than east. If the mills of Lowell were to be swept away to-night by a general conflagration we would be very likely to take our insu rance moue3 f to the West and South and rebuild there.” Gen. Butler is a level-headed business man. It will not require a conflagra tion to move them, however. They are coming anyhow. . The Democratic Committee of Fulton has decided to have mass meetings of the districts to nominate a candidate for the State Senate, and ballot, under rigid rules at these meetings, whereat there is a great howl of dissatisfaction, and a de mand for regular primary elections. As this is but another form for primaries, we don’t see the point in such fearful kicking. It looks to us as if the prohibi tion element of the party had determined to shut off illegal voting, and somebody else was opposed to such a thing being done. Let the committee stand by their action, and they will secure a fair vote, and get the expression of the genuine Democracy of the county. The Summer session of the convention of the Georgia State Agricultural Society will be held at Newnan on August 14th. The programme is a very inviting one, and the attendance ought to be, and doubtless will be, large. Addresses will be delivered by some of the leading men of the State, on subjects that cannot fail to be interesting and profitable to far mers. The conventions of the Agricultu ral Society are productive of a great deal of good, and they shouid be encouraged in every possible way. Dancing is off till the weather gets cooler. One of our Georgia cotemporaries says that a woman with a long skirt on looks like a bottle with a short neck. Must be Paid in Advance. In o’*der to prevent confusion and in convenience to the publishers, the attor neys and others interested, the Courant American will hereafter adopt the general rule of the press in regard to legal adver tising: which is cash in advance. SOW FOR A COTTON FACTORY. All Manufacturing Follows the Trend of the Iron industry. Cartersville’* Splendid Advantages for Cotton Manufactures—Grand Water Powers —Luxuriant Cotton Fields. The movement for a cotton factory at Cartersville should not be allowed to lag. The farmers of Bartow could build it— and it would be the very best investment they could make. It would bring their selling market right to their doors. It would increase the demand and bet ter the price of everything they produce. Investors in it would make fortunes. It is only a question of time when the principal manufacturing of our staple will be moved from the frozen regions of the North, to the cotton fields—where is offered The saving of freights, A more congenial clime, Work all the year ’round, Cheaper provisions, Cheaper building material, Cheaper rents, More reliable labor, And many other advantages over the crowded manufacturing districts of the North and East. No well managed enterprise in this line lias ever failed in the South. Those places which have built cotton factories, are increasing their capacity or building others. Cotton factories have made Augusta rich. They have made Columbus rich. They will make many other Southern cities rich. Those towns which take the lead in the movement will always have the ad vantage. AYili Cartersville and the people of Bar tow seize the golden opportunity? The editors of the Courant-American have had occasion to make some investi gations in this line, in connection with the live people of another city. A gentle man was sent to visit various manufac turing centres, and on his return render ed a most interesting report. Such mills are usually built and equip ped jointly—that is, the contractor builds the mill and equips it at so much per spindle, or loom, as the case may be. The best fine to start on here at pres ent would be a warp mill, of some 5,000 spindles. Such a mill, with brick tene ments for the operatives, thd mill ready for the cotton, can be built at a cost of from $lO to sll per spindle, or a total of about $55,000. To this add $20,000 to a working capital, and you have the sum necessary to establish a cotton in dustry not surpassed in the country. Such an establishment would employ at east 225 operatives, 30 per cent, of whom would be boys and girls. Mr. J. H. Bin miner, the energetic and intelligent secretary of the Tallapoosa Land Company, who has taken consider able pains to ascertain the dividends paid I)3’ various cotton factories through the South, reported that the smallest dividend paid, so far as he learned, was 17 per cent., and from that up to 30 per cent, per annum. He was also informed b3’ experts in Atlanta that cotton grown in this and adjacent counties was of ex tra good quality. The farmers and merchants are the classes to be benefitted most by an en prise of this kind. AYili they come to the front and put it through? But tlie3’ should not be left to do it alone. Everybody is to be benefitted. It gives the farmer a home market and better prices—the merchant is benefitted by the additional trade attracted to the market. This is not a matter oi contribution for the public good, but one of profitable investment to every man who takes a hand in it, affording a double dividend to each. It is already settled that Cartersville is to have An iron furnace, A ferro-manganese furnace, A steel plant, An iron novelty works, Gas or electric lights, Waterworks, In addition to her present industries. Now, let us add a cotton factory t# the list, and the Courant-American will be happy. A MASS MEETING. Action of the Democratic Executive Com mittee of the County, Pursuant to the call of the joint chair men of the Democratic Executive Com mittee of Bartow county, a, meeting of thecommitte was held at thecourt house on Tuesday last, with Col. R. H. Jones in the chair, and R. I. Battle, Secretary. After consultation it was resolved to hold a mass meeting of the party at the court house on the first Tuesday in Sep tember, for the purpose of selecting dele gates to the nominating convention of the seventh Congressional district, at Cedartown. At this mass meeting anew executive committee will also be selected to serve for the ensuing two years. R. H. Jones, Ch’n. R. 1. Battle, Sec’y. Rates to Monteagle via the Western & Atlantic have been fixed at f0.55 for August 10th and 20th. In 3fsinorlniii. Clms. A. Moon was born Feb. 20, 18(50, in Bar tow county, and died June 22nd, 1888, at Carters* ville, Ga• T Q is brief statement chronicles the history of every mortal. We are born, we die. Thus far we make the same record. The brave, the fair, the young, the old, deserve alike this common epitaph. But out of this changlessness comes incessant change. This unvaried chronicle is varied by the multiform conditions of the individual life. The background ot every life-canvass is the same; yet the shifting lights and shadows of each distinct personalihy give forth forms of shape and color as various as the myriad sons of men. The individual portrait we now contemplate lias become a memory. Flesh and blood, form and movement, the light of the eye, the smile, the face, are to us as the remembrance of sunlight after the night has taken it away, Night can in_ deed obscure the sunlight. But the gloomiest o f shadows cannot destroy the recollection of the warmth, the gentleness, the fragrance, of the day. So it is with this human heart on whose sweet memory we pause to lay this leaf. Some years ago an Englishman whose name is a stranger to fame, gave to the world a little pamphlet which adds new strength to faith and new wings to hope. Its inquiry is to discover if there lie a trace of cowardice in the life of ('hrist. and its theme is His perfect human man liness. Impressing, as it did upon me, the great, virtue of Christian bravery, its theme appeared to be rejected in the life of my departed friend; Let us see: A vigorous youug man commences the battle of life with no fortune but his energy and brain and muscle. He marries the love of his youth. Without warning, God takes away their first-born. Three other children come to bless them. One of these, after days of suffering, is taken also. The husband meets reverses His health is shattered. He works on. He will not depend on others for his bread. He enters an occupation which takes him from his home at a time when that, dread disease, consumption, ren ders tlie comforts of home so necessary. On one of these trips, an accident crushes his thigh. Away from friends and loved ones, he endures mortal anguish—brought home, he languishes for weeks. As pain is somewhat alleviated, his wife—his patient, faithful, sweet-spirited nurse— grows weak and faint. She sickens and dies. This king among diseases renews his attacks. Steadily the cheek blanches. Surely the strength fbbs. Swiftly the death approaches. There is no escape. There is no flight. With the shadow on his very hearthstone, with the fatal dart poised before his very eyes and aimed at iiis very heart, the brave man never quails, His helpless babes hang about his knees and he knows they will be cast on the world, fatheriess, motherless, their fate beclouded with that uncertainty which is often more distressful than positive misfor tune. Amid all these sorrows, these mortal an guishes, he finds peace and rest. Faith brings God nigh. Heath comes, but not as victor. Death is conquered. The grave loses its sting. The human manliness of this brave man is sus. tained by Him who was the type of perfect man in His battle is ended. He rests. Is there not a lesson in this life? Mby these multiplied sorrows come is among the unknowa ble. A favorite song of his—one which he re quested to be sung at his funeral services—con tained these lines: “When the mists shall rise above us, As our Father knows his own, Face to face with those that love us, We shall know as we are known. Lo, beyond the orient meadows Floats the golden fringe of day; Heart to heart, we bide the shadows Till the mists have cleared away.” So it is. The'.mists havecleared from his vision not from ours. Yet through the haze we may s#e the lesson of manliness, courage, faith, resigna tion; and, seeing, we may not altogether the thought. Would the noble qualities of this noble heart have been developed in a life ol‘ ease and pleas ure? Was not the crucible of pain needed to discover the preciousness of its contents? Ah, we never see the stars until the sun goes down and the night comes on ! The events of this life may be briefly noted. He was reared in Cartersville, obtaining a good education from • its schools. He married Miss Hattie Goodwin, whose death was recently noted in these columns. Four children were born, two surviving. Energy and intelligence character ized him. He chose mercantile pursuits for his life-work; and it is safe to say that only disease or death could have prevented his sure success. He joined the Methodist church in 1575 under the pastorate of Rev. A. J. Jarrell. Affliction fully discovered his Christian patience and resigna tion. Few have been so sorely tried. Death came after months of consumption. He leaves a legacy to his children and family richer than heaps of gold—a brave Christian character, “a good name.” Kequiescat! John W. Akin. How often does the patient mother who has just laid away the little one that died from the effects of teething, ask this question. If she had known of Dr. Dig gers’ Huckleberry Cordial, life might have been brighter. Try Hygeia chewing tobacco. It is not a humbug, but will cure heart burn and indigestion. j!5-tf NOTICE TO FARMERS. We’il be Ready to Gin Your Cotton We have purchased anew Gullatt Gin, the latest improved, and will be pre pared in time to gin for the public, as usual, and guarantee satisfaction. GALLOWAY & FREEMAN, a9-4t Successors to Galloway & Uren. last Cartersville Institute! DANIEL G. LEE, A, M., PRES, and Professor of the Latin Language and Literature, Higher Mathematics and Natu ral Sciences. PETER ZELLARS, A. 8., Professor of Greek Language, French, Book Keeping, and a General Academic course. MISS IDA LEE, Teacher of Primary and Intermediate courses. MRS. S. J. WARE, Principal of Music Department. Rates of Tuition as Follows: Advanced and Classical Grades...§B.oo per month intermediate .T.. 2.00 “ Primary 1.50 “ “ Incidentals 15 “ Music... LOO “ gsercises Will bs tansd August 20tb, M WITH ITS OWN VOLITION Our Business Booms! Like the great town of Gartersville, it is carried on to success by merit aloue. The Nortfi Georgia Gljeap Furniture House Is as fall of wealth as the mouutains around Cartersville are of the richest minerals. . % —“BOOM” • ' . t is the word, and we propose to head the procession in our line. We feel that our effort to handle FIRST-CLASS FURNITURE at prices that defy competition have been appreciated by the people of this and surrounding counties, and makes us more than ever determined to till every possi sible want that might arise. We are in the lead and propose to stay there, if Low Prices, Euergy aud Fair Dealing will do it. Farmers, Mechanics, Professionals and Boomel’s, call in aud look at the hand somest stock of FURNITURE in North Georgia. When we have feasted your eyes upon the goods, your pocket-book will fly open with its owu volition. PEACOCK & VEAL, The North Georgia Cheap .Furniture House * GARTERSVILLE, GA. THE HOWARD BANK CARTERSVILLE, GA. Does a General Banking Business. Deposits Received, Subject to Check. Exchange Bought and Sold. Collections Made in all parts U. S. - Discounts Desirable paper. All Accommodations Consistent with Safety EXTENDED TO ITS CUSTOMERS. That Question is Settled. Rob’t F. Bradford & Cos. North Georgia Headquarters for % Farm and Family Supplies. The goods in stock, as wdl as heavy Invoices on tne road have all been bought at spot cash prices and we are able to defy competitiom. All country Produce bought at the highest market prices. A careful inspection of our stock is cordially invited. ROB’T F. BRADFORD & CO. WEST END INSITUTE The fall session will open on Monday, August 6th, 1888. Associate Principals, Mrs. J. W. Harris, Sr. ___ Prof. L. B. Robeson. L. B. ROBESON, A. M. Professor of Latin, Greek, Higher Mathematics and Book-Keeping. MRS. J. W. HARRIS, SR. Teacher of Academic and Preparatory Department. MISS MARY SOFGE. Instrumental and Vocal Music, Gemau aud Calisthenics. MISS LOUISE CALHOUN—Art Department. Primary and preparatory, per month - $1 50 tfoard, (including fuel, lights and washing) ■■ Intermediate, * “ - 2 00 per month, - - . . . 12 5® Collegiate and high school, “ “ - - - 300 Music, per month, 40® Incidental fee, “ “ - - - 15 Use of piano, for practice, per month, - 10® French and German, each, “ “ - 150 Art—Oil painting or crayon, per month, - 40® CATOOSA SPRINGS! OPEN Summer and YV inter. NATURE’S HEALTH AND PLEASURE RESORT. Beautiful grounds, superior buildings, large capacity, location high, drainage perfect. Climate unsurpassed. Our Buffalo Epsom, Sulphur Chalybeate, And many other mineral waters are among the best in the world. Rates: 840 per month; sl2 per week; $2 per day. Special rates to families. Special reduced rates over the W. & A. R. R. thromD to the Springs from Atlanta, Marietta, Cartersville and Rome. For circulars and full information a (1 and ppea CATOOSA SPRINGS CO., B. M. FRANCISCO, Manager. Catoosa Springs, Ga*